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B. S. SEAMAN.

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Patented Feb. 8, 1887.

INVENTOR:

UNITED STATES PATENT FFICFE. 1

BENJAMIN S. SEAMAN, OF CORNING, NEWV YORK.

B RI D L E SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 357,341,dated February 8, 1887.

- Application filerlOctober 16, 1886. Serial No. 216,421. (No model.) I

To all whom it mwy concern:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN S. SEAMAN;

of Corning, in the county of Steuben and State of New York, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Bridles, of which the followingis a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide practical means for connectingblinds to the cheek-plates of bridles without the use of rivets, screws,(except at the ends,) or clinching-tongues, and without stitching; andto this end my invention consists, principally, of a cheek-plate formedwith studs on which the blind-sheet is adapted to be placed, and securedby a key-plate constructed to engage with the studs.

The invention also consists in securing the cheek-loop to thecheek-plate with the same stud-plate and key-plate which hold the lblind; and the invention also consists of the construction, arrangement,and combination of parts, all as hereinafter described and claimed. a

Reference is to be had to the accompanying.

drawings, forming a part of this specification,

in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts inboth the figures.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a blind and loop connected to the cheekplate in accordance with my invention, the loop being broken away toshow the construction; and Fig. 2 is a perspective view of thecheek-plate, the blind, the loop, and the key-plate separated from eachother.

A represents the cheek-plate, which may be covered with leather, and towhich is attached at one end the buckle cl, and at the other the billet(1. The plate A is of metal, and is formed or provided upon one sidewith the studs or hooksa a, the upwardly-projecting portions a of whichare by preference slightly inclined upon .their inner surfaces to effecta wedging action with the key-plate B, as hereinafter described.

The blind O is composed of the sheet-metal plate 0 and the covering 0 ofleather. .The inner edge of the plate 0, not covered by the leather 0has the oblong openings 0 formed in it to adapt the blind to be placedupon the studs a of the cheek-plate A.

D represents the leather tube orloop formed at the back, with theopenings f to fit upon the studs a, so that the upwardly-projectingportions a of the studs will reach somewhat into the interior of theloop, so that when the key plate Bis placed in the loop and fastenedupon the studs a a it will not only secure the blind to the cheek-plateA, but also the loop D, and I the latter will inclose and conceal thekey plate.

The key-plate B is made of metal, and is formed with the openings 9 g,to adapt it to engage with the studs a, and above each opening g theplate is beveled, as shown in Fig. 2, to form the wedges g, which act inconjunction with the inner surfaces of the upwardlyprojecting portions aof the studs a, so that when the key plate is drawn downward upon thestuds it will at the same time be drawn inward and. securely bind theblind and loop to the check-plate A. The buckle d is held in the loop ofthe buckle-piece h, the ends of which are held between the plates A andB by the rivet 6.

After the parts have been secured together by the key-plate B, as shownin Fig. 1, the cheek-plate A and the key-plate B are secured together atthe ends by rivets e 6, passed through corresponding holes made in theplates A B, so that the whole is made very secure and practical; and atthe lower end of the key-plate B is formed a slot, 2', and offset i, toreceive and hold the buckle d the billet d being secured to the plate Bby the rivet e, passing through the plates A B and the end of thebillet, and the rivet epassing through the plate B and the billetafterbeing placed in the buckle. The end of the billet is inserted in theloop D in the usual manner.

A filling-strip, h,'is placed upon the lowermost stud, a, to support theloop D and fill the space which would otherwise exist between the loop Dand the cheek-plate A, in consequence of the thickness of theblind-plate c and leather 0 thereon, against which the upper portion ofthe loop must be held.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by-Letters Patent, is

L. In a bridle bit, the cheek-plate A, formed with locking-studs,combined with the blind constructed to be held thereby, and the keyplateB, adapted to engage with the studs, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with the plates A B and the buckle d, of thebuckle-piece h, substan- 5. The cheek-plate A. formed with studs a,.tially as described. having inclined projections a, in combination 3.The blind-plate 0, formed with openings with the key-plate B, havingopenings g, and c and the loop D, formed with openings f, wedges abovethe openings,substantially as [5 5 in combination with the cheek-plateA, havdescribed.

ing studs (0, and the key-plate 13, formed with openings to engage withthe studs, substan- BENJAMIN S. SEAMAN. tially as described.

4. The plate B, formed with the slots 1, \Vitnesses: IO wedges g, andwith slot'i and depression 6, ADAM PEART,

substantially as described. J OHN PEART.

.Co'rrection in Letters'P-atent No.; 357,341.

It is hereby certified that in Letters Patent N 0. 357,341, grantedFebrueiry 8, 1887, npon the application of Benjamin S. Seaman, ofCorning, New York, for an improvement in Bridles, an error appears inthe printed specification requiring correction, as

follows: Inline 99, p a ge 1, the hyphen and the word bit after the wordbi-idle should be stricken out; and that the Letters Patent should beread with this correction therein that the same may conform to therecord of the case in the Patent Office. Signed, countersigned, andsealed this 1st day of March, A. D. 1887.

' D. L. HAWKINS,

[ SEAL.]

Acting Secretary of the Interior. Oountersigned:

R. B. VANCE,

Acting Commissioner of Patents.

